Artificial Intelligence News & Topics

Artificial Intelligence (AI) takes many forms for the trading industry including electronic trading, quantitative trading strategies, algorithmic trading development and research, risk, compliance, and management. AI refers to simulated intelligence using computer programs. These programs are designed to “think” for the purposes of achieving some tasks. For CloudQuant this task is typically determining a trading signal to initiate an investment or to close out an investment.

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Bloomberg recently wrote that “It’s no secret that hedge fund managers are always looking for new sources of data that will help them in their never-ending quest to beat the market.” (1) One of the most interesting new sources of data is social sentiment.

Call them cyborgs. Morgan Stanley is about to augment its 16,000 financial advisers with machine-learning algorithms that suggest trades, take over routine tasks and send reminders when your birthday is near.

... the model of hedge funds charging “2 and 20” — a 2 per cent management fee and 20 per cent performance fee — for investing in large-cap stocks rising and falling “doesn’t work any more” and is ripe for disruption.

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